Re: script not allowing login after generating new password

There`s no such thing as a stupid question - unless of course we are trying to dramatically reduce the number of posts on this list. Jim, just echo the password before and after it gets inserted and before/after comparison and you`ll soon see where you going wrong. Echo - the greatest debugging tool of all. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Svensson, B.A.T. (HKG)" <B.A.T.Svensson@lumc.nl> To: "Beach, Jim" <jbeach@incog.org>; <php-windows@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 2:50 AM Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] script not allowing login after generating new password > Stupid question: Are you returning the encrypted string to the "user"? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Beach, Jim [mailto:jbeach@incog.org] > > Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 4:46 PM > > To: php-windows@lists.php.net > > Subject: [PHP-WIN] script not allowing login after generating new > > password > > > > > > Hi, I'm new in this list and to PHP and MySQL. I'd welcome any help you > > can give. > > > > > > > > I'm working on a simple application where a registered user submits a > > "forgot my password" form. The script is supposed to generate a random > > new password, write it to the database, and send it to the user. Then > > they can log in with the new password and they're off and running. > > > > > > > > Here's what happens now: The password generator works fine - it creates > > a random string any length I want. The password field in the database > > gets changed - not to the new random string but apparently to an > > encrypted version of it via the MySQL password() function. The script > > returns the user a notice of the new password. BUT, login with the new > > password fails! > > > > > > > > I'm reluctant to ask you to do my debugging but I'm almost brain dead > > after hours of trying to figure this out. Can someone suggest where I > > might look for the problem? I'll include my scripts in a reply if > > needed. > > > > > > > > Thanks very much in advance. > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >